World Day of Remembrance
November 18, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
More than 75 communities in 30 states and Washington, D.C. joined a global call for change on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR). On November 16, 2025, people in small towns and major cities organized activities including marches, rallies, candlelight vigils, bike rides, stirring speeches and moving visual tributes as ways to […]
August 28, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, People Behind the Progress
If you’re looking for inspiration on how advocates can bring communities and policymakers together to cultivate safe streets, look to the work of Zoe Scott. As Advocacy Director of Bike Walk Knoxville, Zoe leads Vision Zero advocacy efforts, including serving on the City of Knoxville’s Vision Zero Task Force. She also organizes neighborhood walking and […]
June 30, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
Every year, communities across the world come together for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) to remember those killed and seriously injured in traffic crashes and to call for urgent action to address the preventable crisis of traffic violence. This year’s WDoR takes place on Sunday, November 16, 2025. We invite your […]
November 19, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
From Milwaukee to Memphis, Las Cruces to Las Vegas, and Wichita to Washington, DC, elected leaders, advocates and people who have lost loved ones in traffic crashes joined forces to urge action to address the nation’s historic – and preventable – roadway safety crisis. On this World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) […]
November 1, 2024 • BY Kate Fefelova • IN News
As World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) approaches on November 17, communities across the U.S. are mobilizing to honor those killed and injured in crashes and also to call for change. Across the nation, people are organizing rallies, vigils, memorial walks, art installations and other activities to unite – not only in […]
August 30, 2024 • BY Kate Fefelova • IN News, Families for Safe Streets
As we plan for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) on Sunday, November 17, we focus on an important truth: Traffic Deaths and Serious Injuries are Preventable. This theme for WDoR in the U.S. underscores the often-overlooked reality that we have the tools and know-how to address the public health crisis of […]
November 21, 2023 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
From Portland to Pittsburgh, Louisville to Las Vegas, and Madison to Montgomery County, Maryland, a record-number of people joined forces to call for an end to the tragic and preventable roadway safety crisis across the nation. On this World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR), more than 75 communities organized rallies, memorial walks […]
October 17, 2023 • BY Kate Fefelova • IN News
As the U.S. grapples with an epidemic of traffic deaths, the relevance of the annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) on November 19, 2023 is even more evident. The statistics from 2022 painted a grim picture, with more than 46,000 people killed in preventable traffic crashes, underlining the need to change […]
July 27, 2023 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Planning Starts Now: Safe Streets For People Mark your calendars for November 19, 2023 — World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR). In addition to being a day to honor those killed and injured in roadway crashes, this is also an important day of action for Vision Zero. WDoR unites millions of people […]
November 22, 2022 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Families for Safe Streets
From Boise to Boston, Durham to Denver, Omaha to Orlando, communities across North America mobilized for Safe Streets to Save Lives, as part of annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday, November 20, 2022. A record number of communities across the U.S. — more than 60 — and hundreds more worldwide […]
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